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[QUOTE="orangepassion, post: 1212843, member: 14"]
[B]Special teams is 95% coaching[/B] and we were dominated there this year and we can't blame injuries for that (unlike Offense). 
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[*]Coverage-Besides the several TD returns we allowed, we were saved from several others from generous calls. The scary thing is that on some of these long returns (like against BC), we weren't even close to touching the returner, forget about tackling him. The last return for a TD, the returner didn't make any great moves-just went right up the middle of the field.
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[*]Returns-I didn't look it up, but i'm willing to bet that we had more penalties than good returns this year and by good returns I'm just referring to returning a Kickoff to the 35 yard line or more. Furthermore, even when we get penalties, we still don't get a good return out of it (unlike opposing teams have). Generally, the best case scenario for our returns has been a touchback and when that's the best you can hope for, it ain't good. 
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[*]K,P-Our scholarship Kickers were awful-We are lucky that our walkons stepped up, though it doesn't say much for the staff ability to judge talent that our scholies were so bad. 
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I used to hope for us to have good special teams-Now I just hope for mediocre Special Teams.
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